1998 NL Hits by Team

The Colorado Rockies led the NL in hits in 1998, with 1,640, 62 ahead of the Houston Astros. The average across 16 NL teams is 1,450.8.

Led the NL in 1998 Colorado Rockies 162 games

1,640 Hits 62 clear of Houston Astros

#	Team	G	H
1	Colorado Rockies	162	1,640
2	Houston Astros	162	1,578
3	San Francisco Giants	163	1,540
4	Chicago Cubs	163	1,494
5	Atlanta Braves	162	1,489
6	Philadelphia Phillies	162	1,482
	NL average		1,450.8
7	St. Louis Cardinals	163	1,444
8	Cincinnati Reds	162	1,441
9	Milwaukee Brewers	162	1,439
10	New York Mets	162	1,425
11	Pittsburgh Pirates	163	1,395
12	San Diego Padres	162	1,390
13	Florida Marlins	162	1,381
14	Los Angeles Dodgers	162	1,374
15	Arizona Diamondbacks	162	1,353
16	Montreal Expos	162	1,348

A team's total is its players' numbers for the club added up, so a player traded mid-season counts for each team only what he did there. Rates such as ERA and batting average are worked out from the team's summed totals, not averaged across players.